Over 45 days on, Hyderabad student remains missing in Finland; family seeks answers
More than 45 days after 18-year-old engineering student Manideep Reddy Gujja from Hayathnagar in Rangareddy, Telangana, went missing in Finland, his family continues to await
More than 45 days after 18-year-old engineering student Manideep Reddy Gujja from Hayathnagar in Rangareddy, Telangana, went missing in Finland, his family continues to await answers as efforts to trace him remain underway. Last contact on May 5 Manideep, who moved to Finland in 2025 to pursue engineering studies at LUT University, was last in contact with his family on May 5. According to his parents, Mr. Manideep informed his mother that he was at a bakery and would return to his accommodation shortly. The young students has not been heard from since, and his mobile phone has remained switched off. The disappearance has sparked concern among family members, friends and members of the Telangana diaspora, with social media campaigns and public appeals launched to gather information about his whereabouts.
His parents have repeatedly sought intervention from Indian and Finnish authorities, urging them to intensify search efforts. Manideep is a first-year engineering student at LUT University in Lappeenranta, a city in southeastern Finland near the Russian border. He had moved there from Hyderabad to pursue higher studies and was reportedly staying in student accommodation facility. Nothing unusual in behaviour Family members said that there was nothing unusual in his behaviour before he went missing. According to them, he was in regular contact with his parents and had spoken to his mother shortly before his disappearance. They have maintained that he did not indicate any personal, academic or financial difficulties during those conversations. After losing contact with him, the family alerted Finnish authorities and later sought assistance from the Indian Embassy.
The case has since been taken up by local police in Finland, who have reportedly been examining available digital and physical leads. Family travelled to Finland The family’s relatives have said they travelled to Finland and met officials involved in the search effort. The family has repeatedly expressed concern over the lack of concrete information regarding his whereabouts and has sought greater involvement from Indian authorities. The issue has also drawn political attention. On Sunday (June 21, 2026), K. T. Rama Rao met Mr. Manideep’s parents and appealed to the Ministry of External Affairs, the Indian Embassy in Finland and Telangana authorities to take urgent measures to locate the student. He said the family had been waiting for information for several weeks and called for coordinated efforts to trace him.
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